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08-12-2010, 23:34
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Re: National Minimum Wage?
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i don't remember shillings, i wasn't born till 76 lol
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was 20 of em in a quid shaz.
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08-12-2010, 23:51
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Re: National Minimum Wage?
5p then?
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08-12-2010, 23:53
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Re: National Minimum Wage?
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Originally Posted by Retlaw
Thats what I've put it in Pound Shillings and Pence if your from that era, then you should recognise how it was written 9-8s-6d.
Can't find the dammed pound symbol, its not where it should be.
Retlaw
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why didn't you just say £9.46 then?
tut....MEN
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09-12-2010, 09:19
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Administrator
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Re: National Minimum Wage?
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why didn't you just say £9.46 then?
tut....MEN
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Shut up moaning and get the job so you can get me stuff at staff price
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09-12-2010, 09:25
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Re: National Minimum Wage?
cough
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09-12-2010, 09:59
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Re: National Minimum Wage?
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why didn't you just say £9.46 then?
tut....MEN
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Because It's £9 43.Don't you be paying him to much.
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09-12-2010, 10:02
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Re: National Minimum Wage?
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was 20 of em in a quid shaz.
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Ya cashy and you got 10 pints of bitter to the pound in those days too
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09-12-2010, 11:07
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Re: National Minimum Wage?
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Because It's £9 43.Don't you be paying him to much.
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how does that work out then?
£9 + 40p + 6p
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09-12-2010, 11:22
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Re: National Minimum Wage?
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how does that work out then?
£9 + 40p + 6p
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In old money that would have been £9 3 shillings and 10 pence or 10d as we called it
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09-12-2010, 11:24
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Re: National Minimum Wage?
oh my god...how confusing
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09-12-2010, 11:33
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Re: National Minimum Wage?
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oh my god...how confusing
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That's what us awd uns thout when decimalisation came in the early 70s
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09-12-2010, 11:35
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Re: National Minimum Wage?
god help us all if they decide we are having the Euro
i'm going out....i can't cope with all this confusion
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09-12-2010, 12:43
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Re: National Minimum Wage?
Right then Flashy, the €uro & €uro cents ...........
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09-12-2010, 12:52
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Re: National Minimum Wage?
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why didn't you just say £9.46 then?
tut....MEN
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Because like you mickey mouse money didn't exist, it was £9 - 8s - 6d , and 6d today is 2 1/2 mickey mouses.
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09-12-2010, 12:55
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Re: National Minimum Wage?
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Ya cashy and you got 10 pints of bitter to the pound in those days too
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Our gaffer at Lang Bridges used to reckon his wage up in pints, so many for him, and so many for the wife.
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